从死亡委婉语看文化渗透.doc

Abstract: Euphemism is a cultural as well as a common linguistic phenomenon both in Chinese and English. And the euphemism of “death” is a typical example. In this thesis, first author introduces the literature review of euphemism, language and culture as well as the definition. Then the author makes a contrastive analysis of the English and Chinese “death” euphemism in terms of culture from two aspects, similarities and differences, in order to explore interdependent relationship between language and culture. It intends to enable second language learners to gain a better understanding of culture, which is beneficial for foreign language learning and cross-cultural communication.